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An 84-year-old man has been left desolate after a removal van containing "all his worldly possessions" was stolen from outside his Queen's Park home. Widower Johnny Feaver hired the van to move his things from west London, "where he has lived all his life", to Preston, in Lancashire, where he plans to live with his remaining family. But on Wednesday night (July 18) the van packed full of all his things ready for the move was stolen from outside his Windermere Avenue home. According to Jonny's lifelong family friend Dean Walker, the theft has left him "with just the clothes he stands in." To add insult to injury Mr Walker claims Johnny's family now have to foot the whopping £2,000 insurance excess bill owed to the van hire company. Read More What's been happening in the heatwave? Mr Walker has set up a fundraising page to help Johnny's family raise the money to pay the hire firm. On the page he wrote: "On Wednesday, lifelong family friend and widower Johnny Feaver, at the age of … [Read more...] about Removal van containing everything 84-year-old owned stolen

A FORMER nurse at Townlands Memorial Hospital in Henley has praised the National Health Service as it celebrates its 70th anniversary. Dilys Smith was 22 when the service was founded on July 5, 1948 by Labour health minister Aneuryn Bevan, whose Ebbw Vale constituency in South Wales included her native village of Bargoed. She says it made all kinds of medical advances available to ordinary people and was a huge help to those struggling financially after the Second World War. Before then, people either paid doctors for treatment or had private insurance policies, often administered through mutual associations or their workplaces. Mrs Smith, now 92, lives in Western Road, Henley, with her only daughter Janet Waters, who chairs the patient participation group at the Bell Surgery. She says residents are lucky to have the practice and the neigbourging Hart Surgery as well as the £10.4million hospital off York Road, which opened in 2016. … [Read more...] about The 70-year-old that we should all be grateful for

Talented journalism students at Glasgow Clyde College have been asked to write an article that tackles one of three topics: the role women play the male-dominated rail sector; an engineering skills gap or the challenges of developing a young workforce. Below are their submissions and a poll to vote for your favourite article. By Lauren Brownlie One of the UK’s leading rail contractors, QTS, is encouraging young kids as well as women to pursue a career within the rail work force in order to full fill an engineering skills gap within the sector. The family owned business that was founded in 1990, by managing director Alan McLeish, provides specialist services in rail engineering, infrastructure and training. Over the next 10 years the UK’s rail network will need an extra 1.8 million engineers due to an extensive shortage, according to Network Rail. Mark Craig, Design Manager and Civil Engineer, was supported by QTS through a part time university degree and has worked for … [Read more...] about Vote for your favourite writer as they examine today’s rail sector

The bank of mum and dad once stretched to the occasional pocket money treat but new research has revealed parents are also picking up the bill for cash strapped ‘kidults’ by paying for Netflix, Deliveroo, Spotify and Uber services. The latest research from price comparison website MoneySupermarket has revealed that over a quarter (27 per cent) of 18-24 year olds have had Netflix subscriptions paid for by their parents. Over a tenth (13 per cent) of 18-24 year olds revealed their parents have paid for their Deliveroo, whilst 10 per cent have had their Spotify streaming services paid for. Six per cent have even had their Uber taxis paid for by parents. Increased living costs are being credited for the continued financial support of parents well into their offspring’s adulthood. Sally Francis-Miles, money expert at MoneySuperMarket, comments: “With living costs rocketing, it isn’t surprising that adult-children are finding it difficult to be completely … [Read more...] about A quarter of 18-24 year olds have Netflix subscription paid for by parents

UNLESS you have lost someone in sudden, tragic circumstances, it’s hard to imagine how devastating it can be to have the life of a beloved friend or relative snatched away without warning. The pain must surely be all the more raw when his or her death comes about through the mindless recklessness of another. And when that recklessness was the result of an act of deliberate criminality, it can be no surprise that relatives of the innocent victim feel utterly crushed. The family of 71-year-old Kenneth Parratt, killed in a hit and run incident, are right to be angered by the sentence handed down to the uninsured driver who killed him as he crossed Idle Road. The “cherished” grandfather of six and great-grandfather of four, had simply popped out to buy a takeaway meal. He was hit by the van driven by 29-year-old Yasser Iqbal, of Norman Grove, Idle, who was not only driving without insurance but had been convicted previously for driving while banned on three … [Read more...] about The wait for justice to be served goes on